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How Sammy Hagar helped Van Halen win the war against David Lee Roth
Van Halen lost a superstar singer when Dave Lee Roth quit the band, but new frontman Sammy Hagar and Foreigner's Mick Jones ensured the loss was short-lived
“If I find him haunting me, I’ll know I did something wrong”: How Cardiacs completed late leader Tim Smith’s album LSD
A brother who took over the band, a singer who struggled to keep the secret and a determination to do exactly what their late leader would have wanted led to the end of an 18-year journey
Nine Jack White albums you should listen to and one to avoid
From The White Stripes to The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, Third Man Records and beyond, Jack White is Detroit's latest favourite son
“I felt like the John Lennon of Israel. But this is a ‘failure’ album”: The story of Blackfield V
Aviv Geffen expressed deep admiration for Wilson on their fifth collaborative work – but also his jealousy over the Porcupine Tree leader’s success
Embrace Biffy Clyro’s Infinity Land as a prog album
The trio’s 2004 release is driven by a bullish, bloody-minded determination to challenge the listener
Van Halen and the debut album that rescued rock'n'roll from the darkness and created a brighter future
Rock was stale, and dinosaurs were lumbering. Then an album arrived that was an effervescent shot in the arm for an entire genre
How Angela Gossow saved Arch Enemy and became an extreme metal trailblazer
Arch Enemy were making waves in the metal underground, but they needed someone special to take them forwards
How to beat fate by scrapping an album, relating to a suicidal pilot and feeling for flat Earthers
Norwegian artist makes music for commercials and knows how to hook someone in 30 seconds. That’s why he doesn’t want his band’s songs to be catchy
